Perspectives in Health Magazine The Magazine of the Pan American Health Organization Volume 7, Number 1, 2002
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Index
A Century of Public Health in the Americas
PAHO Family Album
In the early 1950s, PAHO's staff gathers for a group portrait outside headquarters at 2001 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. (also pictured above).
Malaria eradication workers at work in Colombia (above), Guatemala (center right), and Brazil (bottom right) in the 1950s. By mid-century, mosquitoes were becoming resistant to insecticides, and "eradication" efforts began to include not only spraying, but also stepped-up targeting of larval habitats and mass treatment of the population with antimalaria drugs.
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In the early 1950s, PAHO's staff gathers for a group portrait outside headquarters at 2001 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. (also pictured above).
Malaria eradication workers at work in Colombia (above), Guatemala (center right), and Brazil (bottom right) in the 1950s. By mid-century, mosquitoes were becoming resistant to insecticides, and "eradication" efforts began to include not only spraying, but also stepped-up targeting of larval habitats and mass treatment of the population with antimalaria drugs.
